Wilkens coached the 1978-79 Seattle Super Sonics to it's only NBA world championship. He also played for the team from 1968-72, serving in the pretty much now extinct role as player-coach from 1969-72. He was also player coach for the Portland Trail Blazers for one season, before retiring and spending another year as full time coach.
Wilkens has continued to live in the area, doing philanthropic work and working to possibly get the NBA to return to Seattle.
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Great post Mike. I had not heard about this great news.
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